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Re: Interesting.
That makes another brilliant story, doesn't it? I tell you, inspiration lurks even in the graveyard!
posted by
vogue
on October 29, 2009 at 1:09 AM
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Interesting.
I wonder if the special guard would have been running his ass off on a windy night. "Ding, ding!" "Oh, shit another damn bell!" Old Gus mumbled. He swung around trying to pin-point which grave was "ringing". "Damn, if would have to be the one on top of the hill, shit!" So, old Gus, picks up his trusty shovel and heads up the hill, navigating various tombstones as he hobbles up. Finally he arrives at the top. The ringing has ceased. Gus sits on the gravestone of Mary Harrision. He reads the inscription, "Here lies the body of Mary Harrision. loving wife and mother of fifteen; 1701 - 1730. "15 kids!" Gus says incredulously, "No wonder she died." Another bell rings and Gus once again pricks his ears.
posted by
Hackthorne19
on October 28, 2009 at 9:23 PM
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Vogue
LOL Well I'm not going to apply for that luv.
posted by
WileyJohn
on October 28, 2009 at 8:43 PM
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no I didn't know....interesting...
posted by
Samantha39
on October 28, 2009 at 8:35 PM
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I'm not sure I would have wanted that job either. I guess I would have just run into town and tell somebody to get their relative out.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on October 28, 2009 at 6:57 PM
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Very interesting my friend... I guess they had no way of verifying brain death back then... That is probably the origin of the wakes as well... and why there is usually a wait of 24 hours before a burrial in some cultures. Thanks for sharing that my trivia queen :-) xoxoxo
posted by
Sinome
on October 28, 2009 at 6:50 PM
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I've been reading your last 4-5 entries and I'm so glad it's going so well for you, meine Liebe! COntinue the good work!
As for the graveyard shift work, it would give you plenty of time to write...No?!
posted by
auslander
on October 28, 2009 at 3:48 PM
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He'd feel a bit like the livind dead.I had read this somewhere.
posted by
Kabu
on October 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM
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I didnt know that, but I remembe when I was a kid I thought it meant working at a graveyard and my mom told me it was for those that work late at night, but that really didnt explain why
posted by
Lanetay
on October 28, 2009 at 10:45 AM
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Very interesting; I love "origins" --have done some articles on them on AC. Hope you're doing well. Nita.
posted by
Nita09
on October 28, 2009 at 8:43 AM
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I had never heard that expression before. Your explanation was very interesting. 'Graveyard shift' would be a fine title for a really grotesque horror story .....
posted by
elinjo
on October 28, 2009 at 6:04 AM
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LOL, thanks for the info...enlightening...did you know that "knocking on
wood" to avoid bad things comes from people who used to worship wood idols?
posted by
Ariala
on October 28, 2009 at 4:22 AM
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